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Obsolete term Preferred term Reference Notes Apoplexy: Stroke [1] Also a general term for internal bleeding in a specific organ. Bends: Decompression sickness [2] Referred to the associated musculoskeletal issues of decompression illness. Bilious remitting fever: Dengue fever [3] Used in reference to a 1780 outbreak in Philadelphia. Break-bone ...
An exhibit of the "Future Soldier" designed by the United States ArmyA powered exoskeleton is a mobile machine wearable over all or part of the human body, providing ergonomic structural support, and powered by a system of electric motors, pneumatics, levers, hydraulics or a combination of cybernetic technologies, allowing for sufficient limb movement, and providing increased strength ...
Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1] a.c. before meals: ante cibum a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte every night Omne Nocte a.s., as, AS left ear auris sinistra a.u., au, AU both ears together or each ear aures unitas or auris uterque b.d.s, bds, BDS 2 times a day bis die sumendum b.i.d., bid, BID
Occupations which appear to be obsolete in industrialized countries may still be carried out commercially in other parts of the world, for example charcoal burner. To be included in this list an obsolete occupation should in the past have employed significant numbers of workers (hundreds or thousands as evidenced by, for example, census data).
This is a list of obsolete technology, superseded by newer technologies. Obsolescence is defined as the "transition from available to unavailable from the manufacturer in accordance with the original specification." [1] Newer technologies can mostly be considered as disruptive innovation. Many older technologies co-exist with newer alternatives ...
An early documented usage of "deprecate" in this sense is in Usenet posts in 1984, referring to obsolete features in 4.2BSD and the C programming language. [2] An expanded definition of "deprecate" was cited in the Jargon File in its 1991 revision, [3] and similar definitions are found in commercial software documentation from 2014 [1] and 2023 ...
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Same definition as the bolt circle diameter BHCS: button head cap screw: Like an SHCS but with a button head. BHN: Brinell hardness number: BoM or BOM: bill of materials: Also called a list of materials (LM or L/M). Overlaps a lot in concept with a parts list (PL or P/L). There is no consistently enforced distinction between an L/M, a BoM, or a ...